#2514 The Courtneys - Courtneys II

There's a great surge of women making shoegazey, noisy, incisive rock these days. This doesn't quite get there; every song's half an idea short of earning its running time, and the subject matter lacks the bite of the best. But they chug along gamely, piling pounds of chiming guitars over neo-motorik // classic girl-group beats, a crystalline thing hanging from your rearview that'll brighten up a couple Summer weekends 3/5